Project Controls Manager – Lead Planner

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About the role

WGM Engineering, part of RSK Group, is looking for a Project Controls Manager – Lead Planner to join our Projects team on a permanent, full-time basis. This role will be based from one of our affiliated offices in Scotland or England and will benefit from Hybrid working. You will support project delivery across WGM’s growing UK water-sector portfolio. This is an opportunity to join a growing engineering business delivering essential infrastructure across the UK.

At WGM, planning and project controls play a key role in keeping complex work moving safely, commercially, and effectively. With secured long-term frameworks across the UK water sector, our teams need clear schedules, strong reporting, and practical insight to support delivery across live projects and multi-year programmes.

This is an opportunity to lead from the front—partnering closely with project teams, shaping key decisions needed to drive sustainable, long-term growth.

As Project Controls Manager – Lead Planner you will play a pivotal role in driving effective project planning across WGM’s business streams, with a particular focus on the Projects division. You’ll work closely with Design Managers and Project Delivery Managers to develop and maintain high-quality, accurate project schedules in Primavera P6, ensuring robust planning both before and after contract award. As a subject matter expert in Primavera P6, you’ll take ownership of creating, managing and maintaining project baselines, providing the insight, structure and planning expertise needed to support successful project delivery and keep projects on track.

What you’ll be doing

• Manage and standardise the production of detailed and accurate tender programs, liaising with the Delivery Managers and Project Managers throughout the bidding process that become the accepted contract programme at award.
• Provide a basis of schedule document that explains how schedule risk analysis has been undertaken and any TRA factored into the schedule to enable categorisation as P0, P20, P50, P80 etc.
• Facilitate workshops and 1:1 engagement during project initiation, at Kick-off meetings and the scheduling subject matter expert.
• Report monthly progress of schedule performance - Manage production of updates across the P6 portfolio and generate insights in support of WGM’s PMO knowledge share (Lead and Learn) process.
• Participate in project assurance reviews as a subject matter expert.
• Undertake a Primavera administration / Super-User role when required.
• Support training and development of junior planners and other PMO team members in project controls.

What you’ll bring

• Extensive experience in Planning, ideally working on medium to large scale infrastructure projects/programmes, bringing experience in all aspects of planning and scheduling and fluent in the use of P6 Primavera including project, activity and cost coding.
• A relevant degree or equivalent qualification is desirable
• Experience undertaking a Primavera administration / Super-User role.
• A strong understanding of design, engineering & construction
• Proven skills gained from working within Programme Management Office (PMO) environments and knowledge of the wider Project Controls systems, reporting practices and having led or participated in independent project and schedule assurance.

Salary and Benefits

We are offering a salary up to £85,000 plus Car Allowance and benefits. Salary offered will be aligned to skills and experience demonstrated for this role. Full salary banding available on request.

At WGM, we offer a competitive benefits package designed to support our people both inside and outside of work. This includes:

• 32 days’ holiday, increasing to 36 days based on length of service
• Pension scheme, with WGM contributing 6%
• Life assurance scheme that pays 3 x salary
• Salary sacrifice options, including electric vehicle scheme, annual leave purchase and cycle to work schemes
• Flexible benefits programme, including health cash plan and discounted gym membership
• Remote and hybrid working options, subject to role requirements
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Company sick pay, available after a qualifying period
• Employee discount programme

RSK Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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WGM and RSK will not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies other than PSL agencies.

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